Sublime Voices: The Fictional Science and Scientific Fiction of Abe Kobo

by Christopher Bolton

Since the 1950s, Abe Kobo (1924-1993) has achieved an international reputation for his surreal or grotesque brand of avant-garde literature. From his early forays into science fiction to his more mature psychological novels and films, and finally the complicated experimental works produced near the end of his career, Abe weaves together a range of "voices" the styles of science and the language of literary forms. In Abe's oeuvre, this stylistic interplay...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674032780
• ISBN13: 9780674032781
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"